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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

220 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PORT NECHES...NEDERLAND...GROVES...

  CENTRAL GARDENS...

  SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DEWEYVILLE...

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST ORANGE...VIDOR...ORANGE...

  MAURICEVILLE...BRIDGE CITY...

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTLAKE...VINTON...SULPHUR...

  STARKS...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES...



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 207 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE IKE HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED RAINFALL       

  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE PAST 3 HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF    

  CALCASIEU PARISH...AS WELL AS ORANGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.       

  ELSEWHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES. ADDITIONAL     

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 AM AND    

  WILL LIKELY PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARLYSS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3013 9411 3043 9399 3036 9324 3010 9301

      3009 9368 2988 9401



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